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Black coffee, and it's not even close. A distant second is Coke Zero.
What's your favorite non-alcoholic beverage? (1 Viewer)
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ImCrossland
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Shirley Temple!
B.C.
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Lemon-Lime FTW
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Interesting question. Other than water, my two favorites are unsweetened ice tea (with a touch of pink sweetener) and tomato juice. AND the interesting part is I HATE alcohol in both of them. I've tried long island iced teas and bloody maries. I hate both of them!!
Oh, I really like the G2 - the stuff with like half the sugar? It seems like it’s getting harder and harder to find. But that no sugar stuff is not my favorite.Lemon-Lime FTW
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Excluding water, in no particular order or favorite:
Coconut Water(Thailand only-big taste difference), Welch's Grape Juice, Coca-Cola, Hot Tea, Iced Tea, other juices .
Coconut Water(Thailand only-big taste difference), Welch's Grape Juice, Coca-Cola, Hot Tea, Iced Tea, other juices .
Klobberer
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I was gonna say beer, based on the same logic.Elijah Craig Straight Rye.
After drinking Barrel Proof, I think it counts as non-alcoholic.
Time for a story about the best, worst non-alcoholic drink I ever had.
About 15 years ago I was working on a client project in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is a large city of about 10 million people located near the geographical center of India. It's basically the Silicon Valley of India and there are a ton of tech companies and prestigious Indian universities there. The climate is a dry, high desert and the population is an interesting mix of Hindus and Muslims. Like most of India, it has a rich and fascinating history going back centuries if not millennia.
One of the prominent historical sites in Hyderabad is an amazing medieval fortress called Golconda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda_Fort
During one of our off-days, we had a driver take us there so we could explore the site. The entry fee of roughly $2 meant that mainly tourists and well-off locals were inside. I was with a co-worker who vaguely resembled Toby McGuire, but only to the extent that he was white and skinny and wore aviator sunglasses. However, to local Indian kids, that meant it was a match, and due to the popularity of Spiderman at the time he was accosted for photos pretty much all day. They assumed I was his security since I am tall and not as skinny and wore a "don't talk to me face" pretty much the whole time.
Here's an example of kids taking pictures with him:
Here's one of me, not sure why the kid is standing next to me. Note how sweaty and ill-prepared I look.
So, being young and dumb neither I nor my coworker thought to bring any water. Foolishly, we assumed that we could procure some or that it would be a quick trip. However, getting to the top of this fort turned out to take a couple of hours. Most frustrating, there were water fountains about every 10 minutes along the trails and serendipitous routes to the top. Of course, even one sip of that Indian tap water in our weak, American GI systems would have put both of us in the hospital with the kind of diarrhea that can kill you. So we knew better than to try it. We liked living dangerously but didn't want to die from diarrhea. There were also guys selling bottled water, but we could see they were refilling those bottles from a water fountain behind their booth so luckily we didn't fall for that trick.
Needless to say, we got REALLY thirsty. About as thirsty as I can ever remember being. In total, we were probably at the site for 4 or 5 hours or so, but considering it was high desert, dry, hot, and we were actively hiking it was borderline dangerous dehydration. Fortunately, our driver was happily waiting for us when we finished our tour. We exclaimed "water, please!", and he proudly popped the trunk revealing an icy cooler (well, no ice actually, but it was a cooler) full of warm bottles of this:
Yep, when you are literally dying of thirst, Pulpy Orange to the rescue. I would describe it as orange soda, with pulp. Or maybe tang, with pulp. But there was A LOT of pulp. But we were thirsty AF and it had to do. It was awful, but it was wonderful. And I hope I never have to drink it again.
But seriously, check out Hyderabad if you get the chance it was a very cool city.
About 15 years ago I was working on a client project in Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad is a large city of about 10 million people located near the geographical center of India. It's basically the Silicon Valley of India and there are a ton of tech companies and prestigious Indian universities there. The climate is a dry, high desert and the population is an interesting mix of Hindus and Muslims. Like most of India, it has a rich and fascinating history going back centuries if not millennia.
One of the prominent historical sites in Hyderabad is an amazing medieval fortress called Golconda. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golconda_Fort
During one of our off-days, we had a driver take us there so we could explore the site. The entry fee of roughly $2 meant that mainly tourists and well-off locals were inside. I was with a co-worker who vaguely resembled Toby McGuire, but only to the extent that he was white and skinny and wore aviator sunglasses. However, to local Indian kids, that meant it was a match, and due to the popularity of Spiderman at the time he was accosted for photos pretty much all day. They assumed I was his security since I am tall and not as skinny and wore a "don't talk to me face" pretty much the whole time.
Here's an example of kids taking pictures with him:
Here's one of me, not sure why the kid is standing next to me. Note how sweaty and ill-prepared I look.
So, being young and dumb neither I nor my coworker thought to bring any water. Foolishly, we assumed that we could procure some or that it would be a quick trip. However, getting to the top of this fort turned out to take a couple of hours. Most frustrating, there were water fountains about every 10 minutes along the trails and serendipitous routes to the top. Of course, even one sip of that Indian tap water in our weak, American GI systems would have put both of us in the hospital with the kind of diarrhea that can kill you. So we knew better than to try it. We liked living dangerously but didn't want to die from diarrhea. There were also guys selling bottled water, but we could see they were refilling those bottles from a water fountain behind their booth so luckily we didn't fall for that trick.
Needless to say, we got REALLY thirsty. About as thirsty as I can ever remember being. In total, we were probably at the site for 4 or 5 hours or so, but considering it was high desert, dry, hot, and we were actively hiking it was borderline dangerous dehydration. Fortunately, our driver was happily waiting for us when we finished our tour. We exclaimed "water, please!", and he proudly popped the trunk revealing an icy cooler (well, no ice actually, but it was a cooler) full of warm bottles of this:
Yep, when you are literally dying of thirst, Pulpy Orange to the rescue. I would describe it as orange soda, with pulp. Or maybe tang, with pulp. But there was A LOT of pulp. But we were thirsty AF and it had to do. It was awful, but it was wonderful. And I hope I never have to drink it again.
But seriously, check out Hyderabad if you get the chance it was a very cool city.
BirdCage
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Nothing refreshes like a tall glass of cold, whole milk…yum!
Yeah, I'm a G2 guy as well -- a 20 oz. bottle of grape every day while playing tennis does the trick; mucho water afterward. (Strawberry Ensure while on the bike before playing.)
But those are things I more or less *have* to drink. Didn't even think of them when asked about favorites...
B.C.
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I always have a few of these every time I'm in the US:
buffalojim
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Newman's Own black coffee, all day, everyday.
kirchhausen
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RolloPollo
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Single malt from Scotland
dpeks13
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Wawa diet iced tea
Agreed. When I want something carbonated and non-caffeinated, those are at the top of my list.
This makes some sweet candy water:
slisk250
Straight Flush
Mountain Dew Baja Blast. Only available in summer or year round at Taco Bell. In summer I buy ten cases…lasts until January, my kid loves it.
only in the old red plastic cups
Exactly what I mean!
I love Fresca. Didn’t some president have it on tap in the Oval Office? Something like that
I also love grape soda
Kyle
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I always gets a Club Orange when available. Irish Soda. Hard to find here in the US. Some Irish bars may carry it. Woodlawn NY are the only places that I know of that has it. Tastes like Orange Juice Soda.
buzzmonkey
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This
Not this
Not this
buffalojim
Royal Flush
Grapefruit juice
Water
Ginger Ale
Water
Ginger Ale
bergs
Royal Flush
Fresh whole milk in the glass container where I need to skim the cream off the top. Give me a gallon and leave me alone in a dark room.
G2 is where's it's at for me as well. I thought it was being discontinued as it went missing a few times. I just try to stock up when I see it now.
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